• M.G.
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a machine gun
• M’GIMP
n. 1910s rhyming sl. – a pimp
• MIA-MIA
n. Bk1892 Aust. sl. – a bed (pronounced my-my)
• MICACIOUS
adj. 1797 – sparkling, glittering, shining
• MICAWBERISH
adj. 1851 – resembling or reminiscent of Micawber; fecklessly optimistic
• MICE-EYED
adj. 1509 – having the keen eyes of mice; keen-eyed, sharp-sighted → obs.
• MICER
n. 1892 – a cat that catches lots of mice → Amer. dial.
• MICH
vb. 1877 – to mince one’s words; to use mincing language → Eng. dial.
• MICHOACAN
n. 1990 – potent marijuana from Michoacan, a Mexican state → Amer. drug culture sl. (Bk.)
• MICHAEL
n. 1. 1905 – a girl → Sc. & Ireland (Bk.)
n. 2. 1930 – the vagina → Aust. rhyming sl. for ‘cunt’ (Michael Hunt = cunt)
n. 3. 1942 – a narcotic used to adulterate an (alcoholic) drink in order to make someone unconscious → sl., orig. US
• MICHAEL CAINE
n. 1960 – a pain → rhyming sl.
• MICHAELMAS GNAT
n. 1905 – the daddy-longlegs → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• MICHAELMAS MOON
n. 1721 – the harvest moon → Sc.
• MICHAEL MILES
n. 1990 – piles → rhyming sl.
• MICHAEL SCHUMACHER
n. 1990s – tobacco → rhyming sl. – Cockney pronunciation = ‘terbaccer’
• MICHAEL WINNER
n. 1990 – dinner → rhyming sl.
• MICHARD
n. 1867 – a truant, one who stays away from school without leave → Eng. dial.
• MICHELIN
n. 1. 1950 – a fat person → W. Indies
n. 2. 1950 – a dumpling → W. Indies
• MICHELIN TYRE
n. 1. 1950 – a fat person → W. Indies
n. 2. 1950 – a dumpling → W. Indies
• MICHER
n. 1854 – a truant, one who stays away from school without leave → Eng. dial.
• MICHIGAN
n. 1. 1910 – a confidence trick → US criminals’ sl.
n. 2. 1910 – a fake bankroll, a note of a high denomination around a large number of notes of smaller denomination → US sl.
• MICHIGAN BANKROLL
n. 1910 – a fake bankroll, a note of a high denomination around a large number of notes of smaller denomination → US sl.
• MICHIGAN MAULER
n. 1942 – prizefighter Joe Louis → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
• MICHIGAN ROLL
n. 1920 – a fake bankroll, a note of a high denomination around a large number of notes of smaller denomination → colloq.
• MICHIGAN STAKE
n. 1910 – a fake bankroll, a note of a high denomination around a large number of notes of smaller denomination → US sl.
• MICHIGAN STOP
n. 1960 – an instance of rolling slowly past a stop sign rather than stopping → Amer. sl.
• MICHING
adj. 1792 – skulking, cringing; self-deprecating, obsequious; contemptible, useless, good-for-nothing → Amer. dial.
• MICHING MALICHO • MICHING MALLECHO
n. 17C – mischief → sl.
• MICK
adj. 1. ..L19 – Irish → sl., orig. US
adj. 2. ..L19 – Roman Catholic → sl., orig. US
adj. 3. 1980 – easy → US students’ sl.
n. 1. 1856 – an Irishman → sl., not always derogatory
n. 2. 1910 – the queen in a pack of cards → Aust. sl.
n. 3. 1910 – the vagina → Aust. sl.
n. 4. 1918 – the reverse side of tail of a coin → Aust. sl.
n. 5. 1924 – a Roman Catholic → sl.
n. 6. 1929 – a hammock → nautical sl.
n. 7. 1930 – a labourer on the roads → sl.
n. 8. 1930 – a potato → US sl.
n. 9. 1940 – an Englishman → US sl.
n. 10. 1960 – anything easy, esp. an academic class or test → US students’ sl.
vb. 1905 – to crop the snuff of a candle, to snuff → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
• MICK DOOLAN
n. 20C – an Irish immigrant; a Roman Catholic → NZ sl.
• MICKEY
adj. 1. ..L19 – sick → rhyming sl.
adj. 2. 1950 – second-rate, corny → US sl.
n. 1. 1856 – an Irishman; a man of Irish descent → Amer. dial.
n. 2. 1876 – a young wild bull → Aust. sl.
n. 3. ..L19 – a casual ward → UK tramps’ rhyming sl. for ‘spike’ (mickey = mike)
n. 4. ..20C – the penis → Irish sl.
n. 5. 1905 – a farthing candle → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 6. 1910 – a small bottle of wine or spirits → sl., chiefly Can. & African-American usage
n. 7. 1921 – a sparrow → Amer. dial.
n. 8. 1924 – a Roman Catholic → sl.
n. 9. 1930 – a potato, esp. a roasted sweet potato → US sl.
n. 10. 1930 – the vagina → Aust. sl.
n. 11. 1931 – a narcotic used to adulterate an (alcoholic) drink in order to make someone unconscious → sl., orig. US
n. 12. 1940 – a fellow inmate → US prison sl.
n. 13. 1940 – a second-rate, commercial band playing uninspired music → US sl.
n. 14. 1943 – a white potato → Amer. dial.
n. 15. 1944 – a type of radar-assisted bombsight → US sl.
n. 16. 1950 – a fellow, a person → US sl.
n. 17. 1990 – a hip flask for liquor → sl. (Bk.)
n. 18. 1990 – a tranquillizer → sl. (Bk.)
• MICKEY DO • MICKEY DOO
n. 20C – an Irish immigrant; a Roman Catholic → NZ sl.
• MICKEY DOOLAN • MICKEY DOOLIN
n. 20C – an Irish immigrant; a Roman Catholic → NZ sl.
• MICKEY DOOLEY • MICKEY DOOLIE
n. 20C – an Irish immigrant; a Roman Catholic → NZ sl.
• MICKEY D’S
n. 1990 – McDonald’s fast-food restaurant → Amer. teen and students’ sl. (Bk.)
• MICKEY DUFF
adj. 1998 UK rhyming sl. – rough, unwell
• MICKEY FINISHED
adj. Bk1990 Amer. sl. – totally drunk; alcohol intoxicated
• MICKEY FINN
n. 1931 sl., orig. US – a narcotic used to adulterate an (alcoholic) drink in order to make someone unconscious
• MICKEY FLYNN
n. 1931 sl., orig. US – a narcotic used to adulterate an (alcoholic) drink in order to make someone unconscious
• MICKEY MOUSE
adj. 1. 1951 – applied to something small and ineffectual; trivial, time-wasting
adj. 2. 1960s Amer. sl. – out of touch with styles and trends
n. 1. 1941 sl. – a type of electrical bomb release
n. 2. Bk1990 Amer. drug culture sl. – a bit of blotter impregnated with LSD with a picture of Mickey Mouse on it
n. 3. 20C Amer. street sl. – a police officer
n. 4. 20C Amer. sl. – nonsense; something trivial
• MICKEY MOUSE EARS
n. Bk1990 Amer. sl. – the two lights found on top of a police car
• MICKEY MOUSE HABIT
n. Bk1990 Amer. drug culture sl. – a trivial drug habit
• MICKEY MOUSE IS KAPUT
phr. 20C US sl. – indicates that a woman is experiencing the menses
• MICKEY MOUSE MATTRESS
n. M20 US sl. – a sanitary napkin
• MICKEY-TAKING
n. 1959 UK sl. – an act of derisive taunting
• MICKIE
n. 1. M19 US sl. – an Irish person
n. 2. 1914 US sl. – a bottle of alcoholic drink
n. 3. 1920s Aust. & US sl. – a Roman Catholic
n. 4. 1930s US sl. – a potato, esp. a roasted sweet potato
n. 5. 1940s US prison sl. – a fellow inmate
n. 6. 1950s US sl. – a fellow, a person
• MICK JAGGER
n. 1985 Sc. rhyming sl. – lager
• MICKLE
adj. 1. 1600 Sc. & Eng. dial. – great, large, big in size
adj. 2. 1737 Sc. & Eng. dial. – much in quantity, abundant
adj. 3. 1821 Sc. – eminent, distinguished by birth or wealth; great; important
n. 1. 1737 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a quantity, a large amount, a great deal
n. 2. 1864 Eng. dial. – size, measure, bulk, height; frequently in plural
• MICKLED
adj. 1867 Eng. dial. – choked, suffocated, parched with thirst
• MICKLED WITH COLD
adj. 1746 Eng. dial. – benumbed with cold
• MICKLEDOM
n. 1737 Sc. obs. – size, bulk, largeness
• MICKLENESS
n. Bk1905 Sc. – size, bulk, largeness
• MICKLES
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – ingredients, varieties
• MICKLETH
n. 1868 Eng. dial. – size, bulk, largeness
• MICKLE-WELL
adv. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – very much, greatly
• MICKLEWISE
adj. 1650 obs. rare – having much wisdom
• MICKLISH
adj. B1900 Eng. dial. – rather large
• MICKMICK
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – the green woodpecker, Gecinus viridis
• MICKS
n. 1971 US sl. – Michelin™ tires
• MICK’S BLOOD
n. 1996 Sc. sl. – Guinness™ stout
• MICK-TAKERS
n. 1974 UK sl. – Scotland Yard’s anti-IRA Intelligence Unit
• MICKY
adj. 1. L19 rhyming sl. (Micky Duff) – rough, unwell, sick, ill
adj. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – dull, pale-faced
n. 1. 1856 Amer. dial. – an Irishman; a man of Irish descent
n. 2. 1876 Aust. sl. – a young wild bull
n. 3. 1922 sl. – the penis
n. 4. 1924 sl. – a Roman Catholic
n. 5. 1930s US sl. – a potato, esp. a roasted sweet potato
n. 6. 1940s US prison sl. – a fellow inmate
n. 7. 1950s US sl. – a fellow, a person
n. 8. Bk1990 Amer. drug culture sl. – a tranquillizer
• MICKY DOOLAN
n. 20C NZ sl. – an Irish immigrant; a Roman Catholic
• MICKY DUFF
adj. 1998 UK rhyming sl. – rough, unwell
• MICKY MUNCHER
n. 1988 Aust. sl. – a cunnilinguist
• MICKY-TAKING
n. 1959 UK sl. – an act of derisive taunting
• MICO
n. 1737 US – a chief
• MICRODOTS
n. M20 US drug culture sl. – the drug LSD
• MICROMANIA
n. Bk1991 – a mania for becoming smaller
• MICRONYMY
n. 1889 – the use of shortened words for naming things, as in science; the use of short easy words instead of long hard ones → obs.
• MICROPSYCHY
n. 1651 obs. – cowardice, feeble courage, faintness of heart, pusillanimity
• MICTURIENT
adj. 1654 obs. – desirous of ‘making water’ or urinating
• MIDADDY
n. 1966 Amer. dial. – a bullfrog
• MID-AGED
adj. 1897 Sc. – middle-aged
• MIDDEN
n. 1. 1641 Sc. & Eng. dial. – any place or receptacle for dirt and rubbish; the cesspool of a privy
n. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a heap or large quantity
n. 3. Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a term of contempt for a woman; a dirty, slovenly woman
prep. c1205 Eng. dial. – amid
• MIDDEN-COCK
n. 1818 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. – the chief man of a place
• MIDDEN-CROW
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a low-bred person
• MIDDEN-DAUP
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a dastardly or cowardly fellow
• MIDDENED UP
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – covered or smothered with dirt or rubbish
• MIDDEN-MAVIS
n. 1856 Sc. – a rag-picker, one who rakes up dunghills and dustbins for scraps
• MIDDEN-MONARCH
n. 1894 Sc. – a cock
• MIDDERN
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – the midriff or diaphragm
• MIDDLE
n. 1820 Sc. & Eng. dial. – the waist, the middle part of the body
• MIDDLE-AGE SPREAD
n. 1931 sl. – paunchiness in a middle-aged person
• MIDDLE-BANES
n. 1746 Eng. dial. – the waist
• MIDDLEBROW
adj. Bk1990 Amer. sl. – middle-class; average or mediocre
n. 1920 colloq. – a person of conventional tastes and interests in matters of culture; a moderately cultivated person
• MIDDLEBUSTER
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – the nose
• MIDDLE-DAY
n. 1898 Eng. & Amer. dial. – midday
• MIDDLE-ERD
n. 1. 1768 Sc. – the earth, the world
n. 2. 1897 Sc. – the nether regions; the lowest or furthest parts of a place
• MIDDLE FINGER
n. 19C Brit. sl. – the penis
• MIDDLE-GATE
n. L17 Brit. – the female genitals
• MIDDLEIST
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – middle-most, most central
• MIDDLEKIN
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – tolerable
• MIDDLE KINGDOM
n. 19C Brit. sl. – the female genitals
• MIDDLE LEG
n. 1922 sl. – the penis
• MIDDLEMAN
n. 1. c1830 Brit. criminals’ sl. – one who, professionally, recovers property from the thief or thieves concerned
n. 2. 1987 Amer. dial. – the middle finger
• MIDDLEMER
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – central, middle, coming between the eldest and youngest in age
• MIDDLEMISH
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – moderate, middling; not liberal
• MIDDLEMOST
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – moderate, not liberal
• MIDDLE-NIGHT
n. c1205 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – midnight
• MIDDLE OF NOWHERE
n. Bk1990 Amer. sl. – an isolated place
• MIDDLE PIE
n. c1870 Brit. sl. – the stomach
• MIDDLE PIECE
n. 1. c1800 Brit. boxing sl. – the chest
n. 2. 1848 Brit. sl. – the stomach or belly
n. 3. 1926 Amer. sl. – a vest
• MIDDLESEX
adj. 1908 Amer. dial. – average, ordinary
• MIDDLESEX CLOWN
n. M17 Brit. jocular usage – a native or an inhabitant of Middlesex
• MIDDLESEX MONGREL
n. 18C Brit. jocular usage – a native or an inhabitant of Middlesex
• MIDDLESPLITTER
n. 1991 Amer. dial. – a heavy fall of rain
• MIDDLE STOREY
n. c1670 Brit. jocular usage – the stomach
• MIDDLE STUMP
n. 20C Brit. cricketers’ sl. – the penis
• MIDDLE-WAY
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – middling, pretty well
• MIDDLING
adj. 1. L16 – moderately large
adj. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – mediocre
adv. 1. 1765 – moderately, tolerably, fairly
adv. 2. L18 – fairly well, such as in health or success
int. L19 Brit. tailors’ usage – I don’t think so!; I don’t believe you!
n. 1. 1777 Amer. dial. – the middle part of a side of meat, esp. of salt pork or bacon
n. 2. 1886 Eng. dial. – a moderate quantity, a good deal, a good many
n. 3. 1916 Amer. dial. – someone or something of only average quality
• MIDDLING-FAUSE
adj. 1874 Eng. dial. – cunning
• MIDDLINGISH
adj. 1878 Eng. dial. – moderate, fair, tolerable
adv. 1820 Eng. dial. & colloq. – somewhat; moderately
• MIDDLINGLY
adv. 1867 Sc. & Eng. dial. – moderately, mot perfectly
• MIDDLINGMEAT
n. 1909 Amer. dial. – salt pork, bacon
• MIDDLINGS
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – potatoes of an intermediate size
• MIDDLING-SHARP
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – tolerably well
• MIDDLING-SIZED
adj. 1892 Eng. dial. – moderate in size
• A MIDDLING SLIPPY THROPPLE
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a constant readiness to drink
• MIDDLINISH
adj. 1853 Eng. dial. – in a fair state of health; moderately well; not very well, poorly
• MIDDY
n. 1. US Civil War usage – a midshipman
n. 2. 1940 Aust. sl. – a medium-size drinking glass commonly holding half a pint and used for beer
n. 3. 1941 Aust. sl. – a middle-sized glass of beer
• MID-ELD
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – middle age
• MID-FINGER
n. 1900 Sc. – the middle finger
• MIDGAN
n. 1846 Eng. dial. – a small fragment; a scrap, a shred
• MIDGE
n. 1. 1899 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. – the common housefly
n. 2. Bk1905 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a person of diminutive stature; anything very small
vb. 1897 Sc. – to stir or move slightly
• MIDGE-CLIPPINGS
n. B1900 Eng. dial. – anything very small and delicate
• MIDGE-GO-MORRAH
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – hesitation, doubt, excuse
• MIDGE-HOLE
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a very small apartment
• MIDGE-MADGE
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – confusion, disorder
• MIDGE’S KNEE-BUCKLE
n. Bk1905 N. Ireland – a very small article
• MIDGET
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a very small piece of anything; a scrap, a fragment
• MIDGETTY-MORROWS
n. B1900 Eng. dial. – the fidgets
• MIDGETTY-POR
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – an uproar, great confusion
• MIDGICRAW
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a term of contempt for a person
• MIDGING
adj. 1954 Amer. dial. – middling, esp. used in greetings
• MIDGY’S EE
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a minute thing
• MIDLADY
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – a midwife
• MIDLANDS
n. 19C Brit. sl. – the female genitals
• MID-MAN
n. 1775 Sc. – a mediator between contending parties
• MIDMOTHER
n. c1960 Amer. dial. – a midwife
• MIDNIGHT
n. 1. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – a term of contempt applied to one who is slow or behindhand with work
n. 2. E20 US sl., derogatory when used generically – a very dark Black person
• MIDNIGHT AUTO SERVICE
n. 1960s Amer. sl. – car thieves
• MIDNIGHT COWBOY
n. M20 US sl. – a homosexual male
• MIDNIGHT FUZZ
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – soft rolls of dust that collect on the floor under beds or other furniture
• MIDNIGHT NURSE
n. 1940 Amer. dial. – a midwife
• MIDNIGHT OIL
n. 20C US drug culture sl. – opium
• MIDNIGHT SHOPPER
n. 1976 US sl. – a burglar
• MIDNIGHT SUPPLY MAN
n. 1954 US sl. – a person who traffics in stolen equipment
• MIDNIGHT TOKER
n. 1973 US sl. – a person who smokes marijuana before retiring to bed
• MIDNIGHT WIFE
n. c1955 Amer. dial. – a midwife
• MIDNOON
n. 1801 Sc. – noon, midday
• MIDRATS
n. 1973 US sl. – a meal served between midnight and 1 am; ‘midnight rations’
• MIDRED
n. 1834 Eng. dial. – the midriff, the diaphragm
• MIDS
vb. 1759 Sc. – to strike a medium; to come to an agreement
• MIDS-DAY
n. 1824 Sc. obs. – midday, noon
• MIDSES
n. 1660 Sc. obs. – means, methods, ways
• MIDSHIPS
n. 1871 US nautical sl. – the belly
• MIDS-MAN
n. 1775 Sc. obs. – a mediator
• MIDSUMMER-COME-NEVER
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – an imaginary season which never arrives
• MIDTIME OF DAY
n. 1892 Sc. – noon, midday
• MIDWART
adv. 1773 Sc. obs. – towards the centre
• MID-WATER
n. Bk1905 Sc. – the middle of a stream or of the sea
• MIDWAY BONUS
n. 1981 US circus and carnival usage – an extravagant, empty promise
• MIDWAYS
prep. 1970 Amer. dial. – between
• MIDWIFE-GALLOP
n. 1892 Sc. – a full gallop, a great rate
• MIDWOMAN
n. 1986 Amer. dial. – a midwife
• MIDZER
n. M19 sl. – half
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